dsmithey@oregon.uoregon.edu (03/16/91)
I am thinking of purchasing WFW, but would like to know if it can handle mathematical equations adequately. If not, does there exist an equation editor such as MathType for Word for the Mac? Any suggestions are always greatly appreciated Advance thanks D. Smithey
ruthenb@bgsuvax.UUCP (Joe Ruthenberg) (03/16/91)
Equations are exceptionally time-consuming to enter in WfW. I use both ATM and Bitstream Facelift, and the results are incredible, but there are a few shortcomings : 1. The ATM PD Symbol font is limited. It misses a lot of math characters that I would like to use, such as infinity, and many advanced set theory operators are missing. Most of the important logic operators are present, but a few are missing. Most important to Physics people like me ( :) ) is the fact that other miscellaneous operators like the Box (4 dimensional gradient) operator are missing. So are line intergrals. I wish I has Word Perfect 5.1's equation editor, or maybe SunWrite's. 2. It takes a lot of time to enter sophisticated equations, and if you want to be sneaky and incorporate hand drawn symbols, like the box operator, prepare to spend an evening. (Don't we all like Stat Mech???) 3. Takes a while to learn the language. However, hDC MicroApps produces an equation editor, which I guess is only available in the educational version. Sorry. MathType just came out with a windows 3.0 version about 5~6 months ago. I used it at my local dealer and was impressed. It's a little better than the Mac version, plus it's in color. It retails for $249US, but I'm sure that an educational discout exists. I never had time to look into this. ( :( ). Send me mail, or post if you find out about it. By the way, it works seemlessly with WfW, and I was able to produce some nifty little equations in the 2 or 3 minutes I played with it. Joe Ruthenberg Dept. of Physics and Mathematics Bowling Green State University ruthenbe@einstein.bgsu.edu or ruthenbe@feynman.bgsu.edu ---/| \o.O| =(_)= Bill'n'Opus in '92! U
knotts@hpl-opus.hpl.hp.com (Tom Knotts) (03/19/91)
>I am thinking of purchasing WFW, but would like to know if it can >handle mathematical equations adequately. If not, does there exist >an equation editor such as MathType for Word for the Mac? Any >suggestions are always greatly appreciated WfW does equations quite nicely. I have been using it quite recently, and have been doing integrals, summations and radicals. It's easy to use, and is easy to switch between symbols (for greek letters, infinity signs, etc) and standard text. As an example, to do an integral of x from 0 to 1, one types: {eq\I(0,1,xdx)} You can switch between viewing modes. In one mode, you see and edit the above equation. In the other mode, you see the actual equation, exactly how it will be printed. You can even use a spilt screen to show both formats simultaneously. One note. I have Postscript and ATM. I do not know how well the program works without these. good luck, tom
danap@tekcae.CAX.TEK.COM (Dana Patelzick) (03/21/91)
Mathematical equations can be handled reasonably well with WFW. The user's reference has a section under "formulas". These allow creation of integrals and differential equations. More esoteric mathematical nomenclature may have to be created with an "add on" program. By the way, the partial symbol is found in the symbol font set as <alt>0182.
ejm@chaos.optics.rochester.edu (Eddie Miller) (03/23/91)
MathType by Design Science is now available for Windows 3.0. I've written
a few scientific papers using it as an equation editor, and it works quite
well with WFW. The user interface is almost identical to that of the Mac.
-Eddie--